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Islamism is often associated with oppositional social movements. However, increasingly, Muslim states too have served as agents of Islamism. They have adopted Islamization strategies, and realigned state ideology and policy‐making to reflect Islamist ideals and to fulfill demands of Islamic ideology. They have done so not only as a reaction to Islamist challenges from below but also to harness the energies of Islamism to expand state power and capacity. By co‐opting Islamism, they have strengthened the postcolonial state. Pakistan during the Zia ul‐Haq period, and Malaysia under Mahathir Moham ... More
Keywords: Islamic ideology, Islamic state, Islamism, Islamization, Malaysia, Mahathir Mohammed, Pakistan, postcolonial state, state capacity, Zia ul‐Haq
Print publication date: 2001 | Print ISBN-13: 9780195144260 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 | DOI:10.1093/0195144260.001.0001 |
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